Predicting in-hospital mortality for stroke patients: Results differ across severity-measurement methods

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 348-356

  Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a,b   Shwartz, Michael ^c   Ash, Arlene S ^d   Mackiernan, Yevgenia D ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

in hospital deaths; mortality rates; risk adjustment; severity; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029814906     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9601600405     Document Type: Article

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